V I S U A L N O T E - TA K I N G : L I S T E N I N G , L E A R N I N G , R E M E M B E R I N G

F R A N C I S R O W L A N D

I am a user experience designer at the European Bioinformatics Institute (Hinxton)

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At talks and meetings, I make visual notes – often called sketchnotes – to help me actively listen, to process information, and to remember

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This has helped me in lots of ways (and sharing my notes apparently helps others, too).

Importantly, I think this can help your students in their learning.

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H O W C A N V I S U A L N O T E - TA K I N G H E L P S T U D E N T S ?

• engagement

• thinking

• attention

• recall

• expression

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A N D T H E R E ’ S M O R E …

• Group learning?

• Feedback for teachers?

• Confidence, risk-taking

• Skill development

• Memory

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@jennifercham

J A N E T I W A S A ' S T E D TA L K ( 5 : 0 6 )

“How animations can help scientists test a hypothesis” – Janet Iwasa

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TA L K A M O N G S T Y O U R S E LV E S W H AT D I D Y O U F I N D I N T E R E S T I N G O R M E M O R A B L E A B O U T T H AT TA L K ?

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A L I T T L E W A R M - U PH O L D O N … T H I S I S M E A N T T O B E A W O R K S H O P !

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P E N & PA P E R

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F I L L U P A PA G E W I T H L I N E S , S H A P E S , A N D D O O D L E S

S K E T C H I N G W A R M - U P ( P T. 1 )

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D R A W A G I R A F F ES K E T C H I N G W A R M - U P ( P T. 2 )

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after Ed Emberley

D R A W A F O XS K E T C H I N G W A R M - U P ( P T. 2 )

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after Ed Emberley

T H I S T I M E , T R Y M A K I N G V I S U A L N O T E S

N O W I T ’ S Y O U R T U R N …

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G R E G G A G E ' S T E D TA L K ( 5 : 5 2 )

“How to control someone else’s arm with your brain” – Greg Gage

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S H A R E Y O U R N O T E S A N D Y O U R E X P E R I E N C E

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C O U L D Y O U I N T R O D U C E V I S U A L N O T E - TA K I N G T O T H E C L A S S R O O M ? !

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T H A N K Y O U F O R L I S T E N I N G !

S O N O W W H A T ?

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F U R T H E R R E A D I N G ( I K N E W Y O U W O U L D A S K )

• Mike Rohde - “Sketchnote Handbook & Workbook”

• Sunni Brown – “Doodle Revolution”

• Sunni Brown – “Doodlers, unite!” TED talk

• Sketchnote Army website

• Gathercole & Alloway – “Understanding Working Memory”

• Peter Doolittle – Working Memory TED talk

• Katarina Schwartz – “Making Learning Visible” (article)

• Marquardt & Greenberg – “Sketchnotes for Visual Thinking in HCI”

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